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Police Violence

Tracking updates on, reactions to, and racial dynamics of the disproportionate amount of police violence in America.

We have enough proof

By Allissa V. Richardson

Why is it so hard to prosecute police? It starts with the investigation.

By German Lopez

The complicated relief of the Chauvin verdict

By Kainaz Amaria and Fabiola Cineas

Biden urges Congress to not look away from George Floyd

By Ella Nilsen

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Derek Chauvin trial and verdict: News and updates

By Vox Staff

Why Chauvin’s conviction matters

By Fabiola Cineas and Sean Collins

How effective was Derek Chauvin’s defense?

By Fabiola Cineas

Daunte Wright’s killing is a reminder of how quickly traffic stops can become deadly

By Sean Collins

What to do instead of calling the police

By Anna North

What the Supreme Court got wrong about homicides committed by cops

By Ian Millhiser

A Black Army lieutenant is suing Virginia police after being held at gunpoint

By Gregory Svirnovskiy

Why the Chauvin trial feels so momentous

By Sean Collins

Maryland just repealed its police bill of rights. Here’s what it means for reform.

By Zeeshan Aleem

Where Americans stand on policing today

By Li Zhou

The effects of Black Lives Matter protests

By Jerusalem Demsas

The problem with painting Derek Chauvin as a “bad apple”

By Fabiola Cineas

Minneapolis vowed to dismantle its police department. Is change finally coming?

By Sean Collins

Trial by trauma

By Fabiola Cineas

“10 years for protest, 5 years for rape”: Demonstrators protest a policing bill in England and Wales

By Cameron Peters

Police officers are prosecuted for murder in less than 2 percent of fatal shootings

By German Lopez

The sympathy and authority of the witnesses in the Chauvin trial

By Rachel Ramirez

The Supreme Court just made it harder for cops to shoot people with impunity

By Ian Millhiser

How the federal government could improve police oversight

By Sean Collins

Asian American communities grapple with whether police are the right answer to recent attacks

By Li Zhou

Activists mark the anniversary of Breonna Taylor’s killing with demands for justice

By Zeeshan Aleem

The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, explained

By Sean Collins

Angelo Quinto’s family says he died after police pinned him by his neck. Police deny they did anything wrong.

By Rachel Ramirez

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Now is the time to revolutionize policing

The BREATHE Act is a bold plan to address police violence — and it’s made for this moment.

By Sean Collins

Grand jury charges Columbus officer with felony murder in shooting of Andre Hill

By Jerusalem Demsas

The high rate of executions during Trump’s last weeks in office, explained

By Rachel Ramirez

France’s mass protests against a controversial police security bill, explained

By Jariel Arvin

Los Angeles voters just delivered a huge win for the defund the police movement 

By Roge Karma

What the public is getting right — and wrong — about police abolition

By Fabiola Cineas

The Philadelphia police shooting of Walter Wallace Jr., explained

By Fabiola Cineas

How racism amplifies Covid-19 risk for everyone

By Phillip Atiba Goff, Amelia M. Haviland, and 3 more

#EndSARS isn’t just about police brutality. It’s about the future of Nigeria.

By Alex Ward

The police shooting of Marcellis Stinnette and Tafara Williams, an unarmed Black couple, explained

By Roge Karma

Report: Massachusetts rarely fires state troopers, “no matter what they have done”

By Jerusalem Demsas

Kentucky AG releases Breonna Taylor grand jury audio recordings

By Fabiola Cineas

The financial case for defunding the police

By Sean Collins